People Operations & Onboarding Specialist

Dorset Council UK; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Coastland College is seeking a proactive People Administrator to join its People Team. You will provide administrative support across the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, and compliance, while maintaining accurate records in iTrent and other systems.

The role offers a flexible and varied environment, enabling development across recruitment, learning and development, and People operations. A strong focus on customer service and collaboration will be essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Takes pride in delivering outstanding customer service.
• Can manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality administrative support across the People Team.
• Act as a first point of contact for People-related enquiries, providing excellent customer service to colleagues, managers and candidates.
• Manage and monitor People Team inboxes, ensuring enquiries are responded to promptly and professionally.
• Prepare contracts, letters, employment documentation and other People-related correspondence.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and induction activities.
• Maintain accurate employee records within iTrent and other People systems.
• Assist with employee lifecycle administration, including contractual changes, probation reviews, fixed-term contracts and leaver processes.
• Support learning and development activities, training administration and CPD programmes.
• Assist with safeguarding and compliance processes, maintaining accurate and audit-ready records.
• Support workforce reporting, audits and quality assurance activities.
• Contribute to People Team projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work flexibly across different areas of the People function to support business priorities and service delivery.

Skills

Organisational skills

Customer service

Communication

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Discretion

Tools

iTrent

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Coastland College is seeking a proactive People Administrator to join its People Team. You will provide administrative support across the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, and compliance, while maintaining accurate records in iTrent and other systems.

The role offers a flexible and varied environment, enabling development across recruitment, learning and development, and People operations. A strong focus on customer service and collaboration will be essential.